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Padres working on list of GM replacements for fired Byrnes

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:55 p.m. ET

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The San Diego Padres have been working on a list of candidates to replace Josh Byrnes, who was fired as the club’s general manager on Sunday.

Among the candidates are two in-house possibilities.

The Padres plan to interview assistant general manager A.J. Hinch and senior vice president of baseball operations Omar Minaya, FOX Sports MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.

Byrnes was hired by the Padres as their senior vice president for baseball operations in December 2010 after he was let go as general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he was in the middle of an eight-year deal. He was promoted 10 months later to GM and was given a five-year contract.

Under Byrnes, the Padres payroll increased nearly $40 million to $89,881,696 on opening this season — 23rd overall — but the team has made little progress. After finishing with 76-86 records in his first two seasons, the Padres were 32-43 and 12½ games back in the NL West before Byrnes' firing on Sunday.

Minaya, Hinch and fellow assistant GM Fred Uhlman, Jr., are handling GM duties until the position is filled.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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